’60 Minutes’ mistakes Kim Cattrall for Margaret Trudeau in photo flub

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Staff The Associated Press

WATCH ABOVE: CBS' '60 Minutes' received a lot of criticism Sunday night during an interview with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, for mistakenly showing an old photograph of his father on a date with actress Kim Cattrall in 1981, while the PM talked about his parents – Pierre and Margaret Trudeau.

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And, for the most part, it cast Canada’s new leader in a glowing light ahead of his visit to Washington where on Thursday he’ll be the honoured White House guest at a state dinner hosted by President Barack Obama.

They pointed out, in numerous tweets, that as the CBS reporter was talking about the prime minister’s parents – Pierre and Margaret Trudeau – the show displayed an old photograph of Pierre Elliot on a date with actress Kim Cattrall in 1981.

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No comment yet from the Trudeaus, but Cattrall seemed to take it with a sense of humour, later tweeting “I have a son who is the Prime Minister of Canada? I couldn’t b more proud.”